Web Directory

» A Gallery of Scanning Electron Micrographs
   Paul Stamets provides a number of images of spores and basidia.
   http://www.fungi.com/info/sems/index.html

» Agaricomycotina: Jelly Fungi, Yeasts, and Mushrooms
   Information from the Tree of Life Web Project on this clade of the Basidiomycota including characteristics and a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships.
   http://tolweb.org/Agaricomycotina/20531

» An Overview of the Mushroom Life Cycle
   Diagram illustrating the process by which a fungal spore can develop into an organism producing a spore-producing fruiting body.
   http://www.fungi.com/info/articles/lifecycle.html

» Basidiomycetes
   A clearing house for research information about the basidiomycete fungi. Includes a list of laboratories focused on the basidiomycota, lists of basidiomycete species, conferences and other events, and an index of available genomic information.
   http://www.basidiomycetes.org/

» Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles
   Highlights research on the basidiomycetes of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. Includes information on the range of habitats in this area and an illustrated species list.
   http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/NeoTropicalFungi/NSF/ga.asp

» Basidiomycota
   Information on members of this phylum from MicrobeWiki, the student-edited microbiology resource, including their description and significance, cell structure and metabolism, and ecology.
   http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Basidiomycota

» Basidiomycota: The Club Fungi
   Extensive information from the Tree of Life Web Project on this phylum including characteristics of the group and a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships.
   http://tolweb.org/Basidiomycota/

» Charismatic Megafungi: The Conservation of Waxcap Grasslands
   Article on the largely unseen fungi which are an important part of ancient pastures.
   http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/pdf/GriffithBW-Waxcap.pdf

» Dimorphic Basidiomycetes
   Information about the systematics, ecology, and evolution of basidiomycetous fungi having a yeast stage.
   http://www.crem.fct.unl.pt/dimorphic_basidiomycetes/

» Glossary of Terms
   A useful list of the technical terms used in the study of fungi.
   http://www.fungionline.org.uk/glossary.html

» Jelly Fungi
   Information and photographs of jelly fungi from the three orders Tremellales, Auriculariales and Dacrymycetales.
   http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/Bot201/Basidiomycota/Jelly_Fungi.htm

» Jelly Fungus
   These fungi are so named because their fruiting body appears to be the consistency of jelly. They are found in the orders Tremellales, Auriculariales, and Dacrymycetales.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly_fungi

» Key to Gilled Mushrooms and Polypores
   Key to the species found in the Great Lakes area of North America. Includes a glossary of terms.
   http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Taxa/KeytoKey1303.html

» Lawn Mushrooms
   Information on a number of species of fungi that may be found growing on the lawn.
   http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCELLANEOUS/lawn.htm

» Mushrooms, the Hwarang and the Martial Arts
   Article by Paul Stamets on the Asian martial artists who believe in the potency of various mushrooms to aid them on the path to perfection.
   http://www.fungi.com/info/articles/martial.html

» Natural Perspective: Order Agaricales
   General description (with photos) of this order of mushrooms, including the Amanita, Agaricus, Russula, Tricholoma, Gomphidius, Coprinus, Waxy Cap (Hygrophoracea), and Bolete families.
   http://www.perspective.com/nature/fungi/agaricales.html

» Order Tremellales, Auriculariales, Uredinales and Ustilaginales
   Many photographs of the rusts and smuts of the Uredinales and Ustilaginales, and a few of the jelly-like Tremellales.
   http://www.mycolog.com/chapter5f.htm

» Springbrook Research Centre
   Environmental studies and observations of bioluminescent organisms and bioluminescent fungi at the Springbrook Research Centre, Queensland, Australia.
   http://springbrook.info/research

» Subphylum Basidiomycotina
   Illustrated account of the Basidiomycetes.
   http://www.mycolog.com/chapter5a.htm